33 Year Old Sri Lankan, Diagnosed with Cancer, Successfully Undergoes Bone Marrow Transplant in India, Gets a New Lease of Life at BGS Global Hospitals.
BGS Global Hospitals – a unit of Global Hospitals Group, successfully performed a Bone Marrow Transplantation [ BMT], on 33 year old Sakunthala from Colombo who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (Blood Cancer), giving her a new lease of life with her cancer now in complete remission.
Sakunthala, was referred to BGS Global Hospitals – Super Specialty Quaternary Care, at Bangalore and was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (Blood Cancer) and was advised to undergo BMT. With the stem cells of her 35 year old sibling, she successfully underwent Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation by a team of BMT Physicians. She has responded well to the treatment and is on follow up.
Dr Sachin Jadhav, Head, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, BGS Global Hospitals, said, “there have been advancements in the treatment of cancer. Bone Marrow Transplant has less toxicity than earlier and has improved the quality of life for patients post treatment. Several new types of Bone Marrow Transplant are emerging like Mini Allogeneic Transplantation, Bloodless Autologus Transplantation and Haploidentical Transplantation. Solid tumors, leukemia’s and lymphomas are being cured by using BMT as a modality.”
